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@dj97 For some reason your most recent comment got partially emailed to me but isn’t showing up in this thread and I’m not sure why!

@dj97 Thank you! I just looked up what a pack and play is so now I understand what a few people here have mentioned. You're right... I used to work with super low income families and they had so many kids, lived in a living room and somehow managed to keep their kids safe and alive. If I have...

@brittanylp Thank you so much for sharing you experiences and your advice! I'm wondering if there is someone in my life that loves this kind of planning and can take over for me. Like get me the bare minimum to start up and just go from there. In terms of the hematoma, my doctor is being...

@karleyanahid Oh my goodness you’ve been through so much and your family isn’t helping!! What your sil has been through sounds awful and I would hope she would understand what you are going through more. It sounds like you are doing amazing for 24 weeks! You already have it mapped out of how...

@aero17 Thank you for the great advice! I was planning on having a baby shower, but after the 20 week scan and knowing all the testing I will have to be doing, I just don't feel good about it anymore and told my best friend not to plan one. Honestly none of the planning sounds fun right now so...

@southpaw705 That’s a perfect way to look at it and I will try that reframe myself… More monitoring is a really good thing because it means more experts are looking out for myself and baby. And more likely they will catch something if it’s there to be caught. I have so much health anxiety...

@southpaw705 I'm so sorry for what you've been through, and think it's amazing that you moved forward with pregnancy again after such a huge loss. I hear you on not planning until the point you are at, I imagine I will be the same. How have the ultrasounds and NST's been? I'm nervous for...

@dardan Oh goodness I’m terribly sorry to hear you had that many losses!! How did you even manage to want a baby shower? My best friend was going to plan me one, but after my 20 week scan I asked her not to

@dardan Thanks so much, you’re an angel!!! That’s extremely helpful and I will keep that list with me until I’m ready to start buying! Just wondering, how much will I bleed and for how long is that expected? I know so little about what will happen to my body after delivery.

@dardan Thank you, that's very practical advice! I wish there was a super bare minimum list online that I could just copy!!

@peter_aka_00avenger00 Wow that is so smart and savvy! That’s amazing, thank you for the genius tip!

@peter_aka_00avenger00 Thank you for your advice and sharing your experiences. I'm so sorry for your late loss, I can't even imagine how you have gotten through all of that and continued on to have another child! It's amazing to hear your strength and how the process has been for you in terms...

@mattmizzno Thanks for giving me the name, I think you’re correct!! Yes it does seem like the anxiety could serve a financial purpose- wait and see what the baby is like and then invest in things!!

@mattmizzno Wow great info to know thank you!!! A woman I know mentioned something about a device next to her bed or attached to her bed that the baby sleeps in so she could just wake up, roll over and breastfeed. Do you happen to know what that’s called?

@mattmizzno That is great advice, thank you!! When you say they don't need the nursery until 6 months, can you explain that to me? I've literally done zero research on once the baby arrives and I pictured them in the nursery right away.

@nancy7 Thank you for sharing your experiences and advice! I like the idea of buying the big things on the sooner side and then the smaller things from the hospital or having friends/family buy them. How interesting you mentioned your friend being Jewish-- I'm Jewish as well. I wonder if I...

@pilot2015 Thank you for sharing your perspective and advice! Two weeks before sounds great. I didn't even know what a pack and play was until you wrote it here and I googled it. That looks pretty easy and doable!!

As the title says, I struggled with infertility for 5 years, did donor egg ivf, had a miscarriage last year and now I’m 22 weeks pregnant. I had spotting and bleeding all of my first trimester and spotting again at 18 weeks. 20 week scan found a hematoma on my placenta and a cyst on the baby’s...

@drhostetler Thank you! That’s amazing the doctor was able to stop the bleeding, how did they do that? My doctor said my cervix looked fine and he didn’t see an SCH. I went back for an ultrasound as this was happening. Baby and heartbeat still looked good, and doctor still thought it will...

@hh316 Thank you! I went to my doctor right after it happened and he said the baby and heartbeat still looked great. No SCH. He said he would prefer there wasn’t bleeding but still seemed hopeful that it would turn out fine. But he also said only time will tell and it could go either way...